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Adams 12 board meeting draws prolonged public debate over transgender-student policies
Summary
Board members and dozens of public commenters spent significant meeting time debating district guidelines on bathroom, locker-room and trip accommodations for transgender students, with supporters and opponents pressing safety, data and dignity arguments but no new policy vote taken.
At an Adams 12 Five Star Schools board meeting, directors and members of the public spent a sustained portion of the evening debating the district’s guidelines on bathroom, locker-room and overnight-trip accommodations for transgender students.
Board member Director Marsh Holshin opened the discussion portion by addressing transgender students directly: “There’s nothing wrong with you,” she said, adding the board “sees you and we stand with you.” That prompted a sequence of public commenters and other board members to speak either in defense of the district’s approach or to call for changes focused on safety and single-sex…
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